Cosmic Saxophones: Charles Neville and Charles Lloyd
This week on American Routes, we give voice to the saxophone – an instrument revered by everyone from free jazzmen like Charles Lloyd to soul rocker Charles Neville, of the Neville Brothers. The late New Orleanian Charles Neville tells us how music carried him through his family, his neighborhood and a segregated South. Charles Lloyd, a real California dreamer, traces the roots of his modern, free style and musical collaborations back to the blues of Memphis. From the archives, we hear words and music of saxophone honker Sam Butera (Louis Prima), bebopper Sonny Rollins and modernist Yusef Lateef; plus recordings from Sidney Bechet, Lester Young, Louis Jordan, John Coltrane, and King Curtis.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Charles and Andy Discuss the Science of Voodoo and the Voodoo of Science Deep Rumba, featuring Charles Neville
Alto En La Fiebre De La Rumba (A Calm in the Fire of Dances), Justin Time Records
(Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone Roy Montrell
Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty Records
Hey Bartender Floyd Dixon and His Band
Blues Masters Vol. 14: More Jump Blues, Rhino
Wyonie's Blues Wyonie Harris with Illinois Jaquet
West Coast Jive, Delmark
Wild, Wild Young Men Ruth Brown
Blues Masters Vol. 14: More Jump Blues, Rhino
I Hear You Knockin' Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
Instrumental: Yakety Sax Boots Randolph
Yakety Sax and Other Instrumental Classics, Power Pak
CLIP: Sam Butera
Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days Louis Prima
The Capitol Recordings, Bear Family
Choo-Choo Ch Boogie Louis Jordan
Let the Good Times Roll, Bear Family
Olde Wine AFO Executives
Gumbo Stew: Original AFO New Orleans R&B, Ace
SEGMENT: Charles Neville Part 1
Instrumental: Saxawoogie Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll, Bear Family
SEGMENT: Charles Neville, Part 2
Sea of Love Cookie and Cups
Kings of Swamp Pop, ACE
Going Back to New Orleans Joe Liggins and the Honey Drippers
Creole Kings of New Orleans, Specialty Records
It's All Over Now Dirty Dozen Brass Band, featuring Dr. John
This is Jazz 30, Columbia/Legacy
Closing Bed: Kidd Jordan's Second Line Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The New Orleans Album, Columbia
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Count Every Star Lester Young
The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve, Verve
Me, Myself and I (Are All In Love With You) Lester Young w Billie Holiday
Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday, Columbia/Legacy
Yardbird Suite Charlie Parker Septet
Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection, Rhino
CLIP: Yusef Lateef
Belle Isle Yusef Lateef's Detroit
Latitude 42'30, Longitude 83, Atlantic
CLIP: Sonny Rollins
The Blue Room Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins on Impulse!, Impulse!
Instrumental: I'm an Old Cowhand Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins-- Way Out West, Original Jazz Classics
Quincy Street Stomp (Blame It On the Blues) Sidney Bechet
Dear Old Southland, Definitive
Big Beaver Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys Anthology 1935-1973, Rhino
Texas Turkey Big Jay McNeely
1953-1955, Classics
Raunchy King Curtis
King Curtis: The Capitol Years, 1962-1965, Bear Family
SEGMENT: Charles Lloyd
Instrumental: Thoughts of Prez Chico Hamilton
Thoughts of..., Koch
Blues to Bechet John Coltrane
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino
Hard Times David 'Fathead' Newman w Ray Charles
Atlantic Jazz Classics, Atlantic
End Bed: Astral Travelling Pharoah Sanders
Thembi, Impulse!